This could be a very short article, because the biggest barrier to collaborative problem solving is found by looking at the word problem backwards: melborp. Do you see it? The biggest barrier is me. Or you. Or whoever makes the problem about them, their agenda or their solution. Which means that we, too often, approach [.].

I’m a water rat. love going to the beach. Even with all the chatter about the threat of sharks and the like, I have this penchant for swimming out a fair distance from the shore and then enjoying the swim back. We get focused on what we’re doing in the water and bit by bit we drift away from where we were. MORE >>

How do you know when it’s time to leave an organization? recently wrote “ Leave Before You Have To ”. Sometimes it’s more damaging to stay than to quit. I am asked frequently to help someone think through the decision of whether to stay or to leave their current position. The following are some times to consider leaving. If now is the time. MORE >>

I was watching a financial show on TV recently and heard a commentator discuss a study that showed if you’d invested $1 in the stock market roughly 50 years ago, it would be worth a bit more that $13 today. Your return would have been higher than inflation. And therein lies the essential truth about vulnerability. What do you think? MORE >>

You have seen these people – the best of the best in the lot. They get promoted to become the leaders and all hell breaks loose. They are not only frustrated but they will also royally frustrate their followers. Here are seven reasons why this might be happening: [ Note : Replace "You" with the appropriate person as applicable]. 1. MORE >>

Your values, code of ethics, and the internalization of the same are the basis for your development of conscience. Ethics have to come from the inside out, not from the outside in. According to Aristotle, we can grow and expand in our virtuous behavior through habit. Aristotle states: “Neither by nature, then, nor contrary to nature do [.]. MORE >>